St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-20
Sentiment of the Chamber Of Commerce
On the New Jail.
MR.. BASSFORD'S REPORT.
1 Resolution Against Locating on the
Court House Site---Dr. Days
Ideas.

last lldii HUH lilC East " lltC ~ vi
west quickened in its transfer at Chi
cago. so as to Obviate the unnecessary
delay of over two hours. DR.. Day
stated the chamber should ask that a
division superintendent of the postOffice
department be located at st. Paul. He
knew, from long observation as
postmaster. that st. Paul and
Minneapolis had been SyStemati-
cally overlooked and left out of all
consideration. while Omaha mad always
been remembered and given the prefer
ence. The resolution was adopted, and
the committee on correspondence was
directed to attend to the matter. Secre-
tary Tallmadge notified the chamber
that JAN Is. 1888. would be the twenty
first anniversary of the organization of
the chamber, and offered a resolution
that the day be celebrated by banquet
and addresses. The proposition was
referred To the executive committee.
THAT JAIL SITE.
The proposed new jail site came be-
fore the chamber on report from Mr..
BaSSfOrd. the architect, which was read
by Mr.. Nichols, as follows:
L have spent considerable time figur-
ing oil the scheme to build jail and
lookup on the grounds adjoining the
court house. and must frankly say | am
unable TO make any building in cOnnec-
ton with the court house that Will be
satisfactory to myself The court house
building is designed to build an addi-
ton to ii for more room, when desired.
for offices and court room, and the re-
quirementS for such offices are such that
the same plans cannot be used for jail
purposes. | send to you a plan of the
proposed additions when needed. The
trouble is in the width. The modern
Jail requires a building about "A feet
wide. 50 a center corridor can be used
and but one cell on each side. with a
window directly opposite the front of
each cell, which is filled with lattice
work. The height of such cells and
stairs is 3 feet & inches, which would
require different windows from those
in the court house, and if ever used for
any other purpose, the entire interior
would have to be Quilted. The building
used for office purposes would need to
be Seventy-twO feet wide. There is
plenty of room to build a jail on the
rear of the court house. independently
of the building itself, and can be done
to make a respectable appearance, but
it will destroy the idea of ever charging
the present court house. The jail can
be built on any lot, but the addition to
the court house must be built on the
rear as contemplated or not at all, and
if the court house gets too small, then
another must be built.
The report was accompanied by dia-
gram which showed the jail located on
the north side of the court house, be-
tween the court house and Fifth street,
and that it would be 44X265 feet. Mr..
BasSford'S estimate of the cost of the
sail ~ hoSic. or1
to correspond with the court house, is
500. SS9. This cOntemplates the back
ing up of the stone work with several
FEET OF BRICK WORK.
If this and one or two other items are
left out, reduction in this amount of
$197, $50 could be made, which would
leave the cost of the proposed new
structure 1901. 353. DR.. Day also read
figures as to the cost of the Jail obtained
from Matt Breen, which confirmed
those above given. Mr.. NOyeS moved
the adoption of the resolution accom-
panying the report made at former
meeting of the chamber, and said that,
having learned that Jail building on
that location would cost so much, it was
plain no one wanted it there. The res
OlutiOn he called for contemplated
building a jail at some remote point
from the business center. Mr.. Baker
called for DIR. Days resolution, which
was to the effect that lit is, in the Opin-
ion of the chamber, not desirable to To-
cate the jail on the court house square"
A vote was taken and DR.. Days reSOl-
utiOm was lost by IL ayes to "a noes.
Notice of reconsideration was given and
the whole matter was referred back to
the same committee with the request to
have the architect there at the next SEES
sion.
\ TRIBUTE TO MIR. HARBAUGH.
ID. Il. Moves. from the committee ap-
pointed to draft resolutions in regard to
Mr.. Harbaugh's death, read the follow
ing which was adopted:
s'Resolved. That this chamber, having
learned with deep regret of the death of
Springer Harbaugh, one of its members,
desires to put on record this memorial
of its loss.
Springer Harbaugh was for years an
active and earnest member of this
chamber, always alive to its interests
and faithful to any duty assigned to
him. His integrity, business ability and
public spirit were fully recognized in
this community and he had the respect
of all who knew him. We have lost
from our number a valuable member,
the city good and philosophical citi-
zen yet to his immediate family the loss
has been still greater and to them in
their bereavement we tender our SIN
cere sympathy. We ask that this
memorial be placed on our records and
a copy sent to the family of Mr. Har-
baugh.'
DIR. DAYS IDEAS.
1.-The vote in the chamber of COM
merce was quite a surprise to me" said
DR.. Day to GLOBE reporter yesterday.
II do not believe the members thor
oughly understood the matter, or the
result would have been different. The
vacant ground on Fifth street has been
reserved for an extension to be added
to the building in the future. To put a
Jail there will prevent this, and besides
a jail building cannot be made to cor
respond architecturally with the present
building at least not without great
expenditure of money. Then, too, it
will ObStruct and ruin the light
in one large court room, in the office of
the register of deeds, and in the large
council chamber, and be an eye-SOre
and detriment to the court house and
TO property adjoining it on Fifth street.
Another great objection is that the
smoke stack and coal house would then
have to be put on Fourth street, right in
sight OF everybody-a disgrace to the
city. The plans adopted by the county
board and the COURT house commission
include an extension towards Fifth
street do not see how that ground can
legally be used for anything else, and l,
as member of the board and citizen
of St. Paul, shall oppose it to the end.
That ground ought to be reserved for
the completion Of the court house, and
the citizens should object to its being
uSed for any other PURPOSE
Don't go home without DR.. Seth Al
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every where.
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